Category: mandatory
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Mandatory
<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=rfid&articleId=279030&taxonomyId=77" >Farmers Fear Livestock ID Mandate</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Independent livestock ranchers last week were quick to criticize signals that the new Congress may soon mandate implementation of the RFID-based National Animal Identification System.<br />n<br />nSigning on to the <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> program has been voluntary since it was first proposed in 2003, but…
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Growing Pains
The ethanol industry is having some growing pains. According to <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060320/ap_on_bi_ge/gas_prices_ethanol">this story</a>, the price we will pay for gasoline this summer is going to be significantly higher because there is not sufficient distribution facilities to get the ethanol where it needs to be causing shortages of fuels in some markets.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>But there's trouble…
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Voluntary
Voluntary:<br />n1 : proceeding from the will or from one's own choice or consent<br />n2 : unconstrained by interference : SELF-DETERMINING<br />n3 : done by design or intention : INTENTIONAL (voluntary manslaughter)<br />n4 : of, relating to, subject to, or regulated by the will (voluntary behavior)<br />n5 : having power of free choice<br />n6 :…